Gas prices have soared to an unwelcome milestone, breaking the $4 per gallon mark for the first time since 2022, as the war in Iran sends oil prices soaring. NBC’s Brian Cheung reports for TODAY on the ripple effects on the broader economy and how much higher prices are expected to rise.

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Guardian - World · Oct 8
The attack came hours after Donald Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy plants and oil wells unless it opened the strait of Hormuz. Plus, Israel to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks Good morning. Iran attacked and set alight a fully loaded crude oil tanker anchored at Dubai port, causing damage to the vessel’s hull, in the latest strike on merchant vessels in the Gulf and the strait of Hormuz. The fire was extinguished within hours and no injuries were repo

NPR News · Oct 8
Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, as Gulf states increasingly suffer the fallout from the war. (Image credit: Majid Saeedi)

NPR News · Oct 8
Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, as Gulf states increasingly suffer the fallout from the war. (Image credit: Majid Saeedi)

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: Reform UK will be ‘steering well clear’ of CPAC event in July, says a source, as will senior Tories Nigel Farage will snub a major conference of US conservatives that is being brought to the UK by Liz Truss. The short-lived former prime minister, who was accused of crashing the economy, was chosen by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to lead a version of the event in the UK in July. Continue reading...